Bobby Vee's Golden Greats

Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
Compilation album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedNovember 1962
Recorded1959–1962
GenreRock and roll
Length34:01
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets
(1962) 		Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
(1962) 		Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee
(1962)
Singles from Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
  1. "Punish Her"
    Released: August 10, 1962

Bobby Vee's Golden Greats is a compilation album by American singer Bobby Vee that was released in November 1962 by Liberty Records. It was Vee's first greatest hits compilation on the Liberty label.

He had as the major influences in his career his personal manager Arnold Mills and record producer, Snuff Garrett.[1][2]

The album debuted on Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 3, 1962, peaking at No. 24.[3] No. 22 on the Cashbox albums chart.[4], It was more successful in The UK, where it spent for 14 weeks on the album chart there peaking at No. 10"[5]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on October 28, 2003, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Vee's Compilation album from November 1966, Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2.[6]

  1. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
  2. ^ "Images for Bobby Vee – Bobby Vee's Golden Greats". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  5. ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1963-04-20. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  6. ^ "Golden Greats/Golden Greats, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.